All government articles
-
In Focus
'This is a growth story’… How Network Rail plans to become one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders
The transport operator’s group property director talks about the ‘new mindset’ at Network Rail – and why the country’s biggest owner of brownfield land is taking an assertive role in redevelopment projects on its sites
-
News
Pennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
-
News
Homes England, Muse and pensions insurer announce JV to build 3,000 homes
New company Habiko aims to be self-sustaining within 12 years
-
News
Alex Norris replaces Rushanara Ali as building safety minister
Ali lost the brief after it came to light that she had attended a conference sponsored by a cladding firm linked to Grenfell
-
News
HBF urges the government to launch a replacement for closed Help to Buy
New analysis by the trade body has indicated that the Help to Buy scheme will return £2bn to the exchequer once all loans are repaid
-
News
Government will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
-
News
Somerset council calls new proposed mandatory housing target ‘unrealistic’
The leader of Bath and North East Somerset council has warned Angela Rayner new target must take into account UNESCO status
-
News
Government needs to build 450,000 new homes a year by 2029 to meet target, says Housing Forum
Membership group sets out roadmap for how the new government can achieve the highest rate of housebuilding in 50 years
-
News
Burnham calls for government to cover upfront costs of remediating 157 unsafe high rises in Manchester
The mayor of Greater Manchester has urged the government to pay for the work now and charge the property sector later